Case Study: How this ESL training app hired nearly 100% of its content creators through Teach Away
Background A startup with a new spin on English-language learning, BlaBla EdTech offers a unique way of language acquisition for English-language learners all over the world. Like many entrepreneurs and founders, BlaBla’s CEO, Angelo Huang, started the company based on his personal experiences. Despite studying English for years in school, Angelo always struggled with speaking […]
How BASIS International Schools is approaching recruitment in these unprecedented times
The last few months have challenged us all. In many ways, the pandemic has forced us to rethink traditional practices as we move forward cautiously. With all of the uncertainty in the world today, recruiting top teaching talent shouldn’t be another challenge you are facing. We wanted to take a closer look at how other […]
Maximizing online teacher recruitment with an applicant tracking system
With in-person recruitment fairs and hiring events put on pause for the foreseeable future, most (if not all schools) are going to have to turn to online recruitment. You might be wondering: How can you get the most from your online recruitment process? One of the most important tools for optimizing digital recruitment is an applicant tracking […]
What’s happening around the world in international teacher recruitment
Fall is traditionally a time of anticipation for everyone connected to international education. New students get to lay eyes on their new schools for the first time, while for returnees, it’s a chance to catch up with old friends before resuming their studies. New teachers begin to embed themselves in new cultures, while others return […]
Inclusive hiring: removing bias in teacher hiring
Your school’s hiring process is important. The educators you hire have a huge impact on the school community, culture, safety, student learning outcomes, growth, and more. With such an important task at hand, this process must be the best it can be. While standard hiring protocols like a criminal record and reference checks provide crucial […]
Recruiting teachers remotely: 6 benefits of using online recruitment platforms
At this time of year schools around the world might be thinking of hiring for the coming academic year. As well, teachers may already be starting to apply for teaching jobs. But this year is different. As countries around the world react to the COVID-19 pandemic, schools and teachers find themselves unsure of what’s coming […]
How to keep schools safe for students when it’s time to reopen
In the past few weeks, we’ve lived through a rare situation in which schools across the globe have closed en-masse for the health and safety of our students. For many people, the closure of schools was the first indication of just how serious the COVID-19 pandemic would be. The impact it has had on health […]
Why now is the perfect time to start building a candidate pool
As the reality set in over the rapid and widespread impact the Coronavirus would have on international education, schools around the world began taking immediate measures to safeguard their students, families and communities. Today, we continue to navigate global school closures, with teachers and students doing their best to continue with lessons outside of the […]
Case Study: How EF Hangzhou found a teacher recruitment service flexible enough to fit their needs
Background Part of a global school chain operating in over 60 countries, EF Hangzhou is one of the largest regional English First franchises in China. Providing English lessons for kids, teens and adults across nine centers (with two more in the pipeline) is no small feat. At any one time, the centers employ 200 teachers, […]
How you can leverage your international school’s location to recruit and retain teachers
Whenever I discuss recruitment strategies with new clients, no topic comes up more often than a school’s location. It seems like school heads in Latin America, as well as the rest of the world, seem to think that their recruitment challenges would go away if their school was located elsewhere. In fact, according to the dozens […]